While we’re already looking forward to the upcoming compact Jaguar XE sports sedan on account of its, er, heavy use of lightweight aluminum and compact rear-wheel-driveness, we’re also enthused to hear about the installation of a decent infotainment system—which would be a first for a recent Jaguar.

The new system, called InControl, will be fitted to all XE models and uses an eight-inch touch-screen interface instead of one of those console-mounted controllers that the Germans love so much. There’s also “plain speech” voice control (whatever “plain speech” means to the Brits) that allows access to any level of the system, reducing the amount of menu pathways one must follow to access functions.

The system’s InControl Apps will allow connection to numerous Apple iOS and Android applications, and the remote-control features will allow owners to start the engine, heat or cool the interior, or lock or unlock the doors with their smartphone. Options include Wi-Fi hot-spot connectivity (no connection speed was mentioned, but we assume it’ll be 4G LTE) and a laser-projected color head-up display that can be configured to show items such as vehicle speed, navigation, traffic signs, and cruise control. Meridian premium audio will also find its way from the larger Jaguar sedans to the XE.

The XE will come with InControl Protect, which provides SOS emergency and non-emergency calling features that do not rely on the presence of a phone in the car, and InControl Secure, which provides vehicle monitoring in the event of theft.

Details, as well as an interesting three-dimensional diagrammatic representation of the interior design, are provided in Jaguar’s Tron-likevideo on the system, which you can watch below. Whether or not InControl solves our chief complaint about Jaguar’s current system—delayed response times—won’t be confirmed until we paw its screen ourselves, which we hope we’ll get to do at the vehicle’s introduction early next month.